Claremont was the subject of a cute, possibly too cute, four-minute segment on Fox’s “Good Day L.A.” on Tuesday. After a lead-in by host Steve Edwards about “the city of trees and Ph.D.s,” Sandra Endo reported live from the interior of Some Crust Bakery as bakers crafted cakes.

“Claremont is actually very special. It’s one of those rare walkable villages that feels like a small town,” Endo said.

Bakery owner Larry Feemster said his shop is “kind of the meeting place of the Village” where regulars might pop in several times per day.

Endo stepped outside onto Yale Avenue where five musicians connected to the nearby Folk Music Center — Henry Barnes, David Brock, Elizabeth Hangan, Marguerite Millard and Jerry O’Sullivan — performed on banjo, guitars, mandolin and fiddle there on the sidewalk, as if Claremont were a Mumford and Sons video.

(A fellow Claremonter joked to me later: “They made Claremont seem like there are minstrels out on every sidewalk.”)

Vinyl records and a cute “Peanuts”-themed retro turntable were displayed on a bakery sidewalk table. Standing by was Rhino Records general manager Dennis Callaci, who told Endo that many in Claremont support small businesses and that vinyl records are now popular with young people.

The segment closed with the musicians singing the hummable classic “Midnight Special.”

“It’s a party out here in the Claremont Village!” Endo enthused.

I’m not sure whether to cheer or gag, but it was great publicity and should make Claremont feel even better about itself, if that’s scientifically possible.

The only downside is that next time I leave Some Crust, I’m going to be disappointed there isn’t a street party.

Upland News

• Kishi, a Japanese restaurant that has operated at 320 W. Foothill Blvd. since 1982, is being sold. Founder Peter Uno, 72, wants to retire. I’ll return next month for a full interview, but this item will alert longtime customers who want to say goodbye. Uno told me the transfer may occur in August. He also told me some of his terrible jokes, a specialty. One: “Why no Kmart in Iraq? Target on every corner.”

• The house at 2117 N. Euclid Ave. owned by Robb Quincey, the former city manager, sold recently for $1.26 million, slightly under the $1.3 million he paid in 2007 (in part with a housing allowance from taxpayers). Quincey, who was fired in 2011, is said to be working for an engineering firm.

• A marijuana dispensary has opened in downtown Upland at 247 N. Second Ave., the former location of The Wire. The dispensary has no permit, nor would one be granted, according to Jeff Zwack, the city’s development services director, who said the business has instead been given a notice of violation.

• During the public comment period of Monday’s City Council meeting, Eric Gavin asked for a show of hands from anyone in the audience who’d been on the monthly walking tour of downtown. Only one hand went up. (I could have raised mine, but I was writing.) “That’s a lot of people who need to take the downtown Upland walking tour,” Gavin said. The next one is July 12; meet at 10 a.m. at the Cooper Museum.

Culture Corner

• Songs, instrumental music by Copland and Dvorak and spoken-word pieces taken from immigrant communities throughout the world will blend in “Strength From the Roots,” a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at Ontario’s Bethel Congregational Church, 536 N. Euclid Ave. Admission is free.

• I spent Saturday afternoon at the United Artists Theater on South Broadway in downtown L.A. watching “Back to the Future,” presented courtesy of the Los Angeles Conservancy. The 1927, 1,600-seat auditorium was restored last year as part of the renovation of the surrounding office building that now houses the Ace Hotel. Local connection: The 13-story building was designed by Walker and Eisen, the same firm that a decade later built Upland’s first city hall at 177 D St., now home to the Scheu Products Co.

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On my blog this week: a “Seinfeld” character appears to be operating businesses in Upland and Claremont; a book about Pomona will be released next month (the author’s name is obscure); and we try Bardot, a restaurant in Claremont.

Since 1997, David Allen has been taking up valuable newsprint and pixels at the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, where he is a columnist and blogger (insidesocal.com/davidallen). Among his specialties: city council meetings, arts and culture, people, places, local history, dining and a log in a field that resembled the Loch Ness monster. The Illinois native has spent his newspaper career in California, starting in 1987 at the Santa Rosa News-Herald and continuing at the Rohnert Park-Cotati Clarion, Petaluma Argus-Courier and Victor Valley Daily Press. A resident of Claremont who roots for the St. Louis Cardinals and knows far too much about Marvel Comics, the Kinks and Frank Zappa's Inland Valley years, he is the author of two collections of columns: 'Pomona A to Z' and 'Getting Started.'